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12-letter words containing b, u, g, t, r

  • peterborough — a city in Cambridgeshire, in central England.
  • reed bunting — an Old World bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus, inhabiting marshy areas.
  • rock bunting — a seed-eating songbird, Emberiza cia
  • rugby tackle — A rugby tackle is a way of making someone fall over by throwing your arms around their legs or hips.
  • stauffenberg — Claus (klaʊs), Graf von. 1907–44, German army officer, who tried to assassinate Hitler (1944). He and his fellow conspirators were executed
  • storage tube — an electron tube in which information is stored as charges for a predetermined time
  • store-bought — commercially made rather than homemade.
  • struggle bus — a situation, task, etc., that seems difficult or frustrating: With no sleep last night, I’ll be on the struggle bus today.
  • sub-mortgage — a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
  • subaggregate — a subtotal
  • take umbrage — If you say that a person takes umbrage, you mean that they are upset or offended by something that someone says or does to them, often without much reason.
  • the big four — a small powerful group, as of banks, companies, etc, esp the four largest banks in Britain (Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, and NatWest)
  • thirdborough — an under constable of a township
  • thoroughbred — of pure or unmixed breed, stock, or lineage, as a horse or other animal; bred from the purest and best blood.
  • through bass — figured bass.
  • toboggan run — a slope that you can slide down on a toboggan
  • truss bridge — a bridge in which the loads are supported by trusses.
  • tumbler gear — a transmission having gears actuated by a tumbler.
  • turbo engine — an engine containing a turbocharger
  • turbo prolog — A strongly typed Prolog-like logic programming language. 1986. It has user-defined domains. Programs are arranged in sections: DOMAINS, CLAUSES, PREDICATES, DATABASE and GOAL. It is currently known as PDC Prolog and is distributed by Prolog Development Center, Atlanta +1 404 873 1366. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
  • turbo-charge — to equip (an internal-combustion engine) with a turbocharger.
  • turbocharged — with additional power from turbine
  • turbocharger — a supercharger that is driven by a turbine turned by exhaust gases from the engine.
  • undisturbing — not disturbing
  • unobligatory — required as a matter of obligation; mandatory: A reply is desirable but not obligatory.
  • untargetable — an object, usually marked with concentric circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests.
  • upright bass — double bass
  • urban blight — deterioration of property in centre of city
  • urbanologist — a sociologist specializing in urban life and problems
  • water bouget — (formerly) a leather bag suspended at each end of a pole or yoke and used for carrying water.
  • water-budget — (formerly) a leather bag suspended at each end of a pole or yoke and used for carrying water.
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